Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication
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...proteins also contribute to this regulation in different ways: methylating newly synthesized DNA, blocking...numbers can allow RepA to link iterons from two different plasmids, forming a pair of “handcuffs” that blocks...RepA proteins form complexes between iterons on different plasmids in a process called "handcuffing," which...Plasmids under stringent control of replication may differ in the specialized proteins or sequences necessary...was updated by Emily P. Bentley in June 2024.
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Further Reading
Quiñones-Valles...Replication. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/19313
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Asano, K., & Mizobuchi, K. (1998). Copy number...molecular biology help with our Molecular Biology Reference Pages
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